Memorial Day and swimming pools often go hand-in-hand and unfortunately so do drowning deaths. To help combat the problem the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth has launched a new swim-safety training program.

Testimony has started in the capital murder trial of Naim Rasool Muhammad. The Dallas father is accused of killing his two sons in 2011. Prosecutor Tammy Kemp told the jury Muhammad pushed the boys face down into a creek, “…of filthy, smelly water until they stopped kicking.”